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MC Lyte

Lyte As A Rock

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Song	Lyrics	Save	Buy
PLAY QUEUE 1 Lyte Vs. Vanna Whyte		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Lyte As A Rock		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 I Am Woman		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 MC Lyte Likes Swingin'		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 10% Dis		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Paper Thin		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Lyte Thee MC		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 I Cram To Understand U		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 Kickin' 4 Brooklyn		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 Don't Cry Big Girls		save

MOG Editorial Review

At a time when hip-hop still thought of as a boys club, MC Lyte felt like a breath of fresh air when she burst on the scene with Lyte as a Rock in 1988. Conscious of the perception of female rappers at the time, Lyte immediately takes the issue head-on with the album's iconic title track, cursing out the male establishment and showing her peerless flow at the same time. Songs like "I Am a Woman" and "Don't Cry Big Girls" drove this point home, combining funky production and aggressive rhyming to paint the portrait of a strong female role model and, more importantly, one of the '80s best lyricists regardless of gender.
AMG Review of Lyte as a Rock

Rob Theakston
All Music Guide

In the earliest years of the hip-hop game, women were quite frequently overlooked until a new breed of female lyricist came along and gave the proverbial middle finger to a male-dominated game. MC Lyte's debut ushered in the era of the female MC -- confident, brazen, and not afraid to put male MCs in their misogynist place without flinching. The album starts off with a rather slow introduction before kicking things into high gear with the now classic title track, which put Lyte in the center of a media frenzy. With Lyte reasserting her femininity over and over again without compromising production quality or lyric delivery, Lyte as a Rock has aged better than most records that came out during hip-hop's formative years, although at certain moments it has become dated since its release. But what has aged is more than compensated by the classic tunes and the disc's potent historical impact on a generation of women MCs. A classic.